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Writer at @TheAtlantic. Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS. Author of book HIT MAKERS. Talker on NPR's @hereandnow and @CBSNews. derek[at]theatlantic[dot]com

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    Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 27 Jul 2020

    I wrote about “Hygiene Theater”—how restaurants, gyms, and subways have wasted millions of dollars on fancy cleaning plans to defeat a mostly airborne plague and made Americans more confused and unsafe in the process.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/ …

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      2. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 27 Jul 2020

        What is hygiene theater? It's restaurants bragging about power-scrubbing tables ... before inviting patrons inside to share stale indoor air. It's the NYC subway shutting down its service at night to spend $100 million on antimicrobial blasting during a budget shortfall.

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      3. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 27 Jul 2020

        COVID-19 is overwhelmingly more likely to spread via large droplets (coughs) and aerosolized droplets (saliva spray from talkers) than from surfaces. That means: wear masks, keep distance, go outdoors. Surfaces ("fomites") are often a distraction. https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laninf/PIIS1473-3099(20)30561-2.pdf …

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      4. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 27 Jul 2020

        Like post-9/11 "security theater," COVID-19 hygiene theatrics contain elements of rational fear. You should still wash your hands frequently during a pandemic. If you've recently been in public, you shouldn't stick your fingers in your mouth for fun.pic.twitter.com/VVvqhqmB24

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      5. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 27 Jul 2020

        But too many restaurants, schools, gyms, and subways have funneled their COVID anxieties into power-scrubbing theatrics that bear no relationship to the disease's actual vectors of transmission. Drop the electrostatic disinfectant spray. Wear the mask.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/ …

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      2. Expert COVID Avoider‏ @Ex_spurt 27 Jul 2020
        Replying to @mims @DKThomp

        Actually terrible and misleading. This is not the accepted logic on transmission at all and the article cherry picks information to pretend it is.

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      2. Run more buses and trains!‏ @HeadwaysMatter 27 Jul 2020
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        The "deep cleaning" surface sanitation scam

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      3. Lizbeth in Phoenix‏ @SprocketsInside 27 Jul 2020
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        It is misleading. And the subway cleaning thing was just a way to move the homeless out without bad optics.

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      2. Tom Gara‏Verified account @tomgara 27 Jul 2020
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        Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but why are they saying hand washing is still so important if surface transmission is so unlikely?

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      3. Daniel Collier‏ @DanielPCollier 27 Jul 2020
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        It's the cleaning of the surfaces that's ineffective. They clean once per day, if someone with a the sars-cov2 comes through, all that effort is erased with 1 sneeze. Masks are most important, personal cleaning second.

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